British American Drama Academy

Analysis

British American Drama Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01828640). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, British American Drama Academy reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £393k to £3.4m (+759%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 366%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British American Drama Academy sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Governance Association (£3.4m), St Olave's School Trust (£3.4m) and More House Trust Ltd (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and investments 6.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.